.. plus you’ll become part of the supportive, welcoming Reel Scene community.

The Reel Scene 1-year part-time screen acting year course is ideal for you to really get stuck into a project to be proud of. Act, produce and work on delivering a short film alongside award-winning actor/director Steve North. Your work will be shown at an industry showcase and exhibited at festivals.

This course runs one weekend per month (Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday all day) for 12 months – so you don’t need to give up your day job!

The 12-month professional screen acting course will allow you to develop a deep understanding of screen acting, knowledge of how the industry works and an understanding of how the directing, shooting and editing processes work. Not to mention networking within the industry and receiving headshots and a professionally finished film for your showreel, too.

This course is the most comprehensive offering we have, and we’re proud of it.

We are a Professional and Career Development Loans registered Learning Provider, registration number 21558.A Professional and Career Development Loan is a commercial loan that you can use to help pay for work-related learning.

For further information on financial assistance to support your learning, please visit the GOV.UK website or contact the National Careers Service on 0800 100 900.

Featurette: Steve North introduces the 12 month professional acting course

Screen Acting Course Leader: Steve North

The Reel Scene is proud to work alongside acclaimed actor/director Steve North to bring you this course.

Steve has had had many acting roles in his career, including playing firefighter Colin Parrish in ITV’s London’s Burning and his other credits include Doctor Who, EastEnders, Midsomer Murders, Casualty, The Bill, Murphy’s Law, Holby City and stage roles in shows like Fever Pitch, War Horse, Meeting Joe Strummer, and Mermaid.

As a director, Steve co-wrote and appeared in the feature film South West 9, and was Associate Producer on The Football Factory. He co-wrote and produced the short film Through the K-Hole and directed the award-winning short film Cregan for Screen South.

Steve North (right) and Reel Scene CEO Alex Fidelski working with students at the BFI Future Film Festival, 2018

Steve has an extensive experience teaching acting and on-camera technique and works closely with The Reel Scene to develop classes, courses and act as one of our most respected tutors.

What you get with this screen acting course

We want to be completely transparent with you, as we know this course is a significant investment in your career development. So you know exactly what you’re getting, our year course will provide you with:

A full set of professional headshots for your portfolio

Produce your own cinematic showreel in studio

Seminars with special guests to grow your understanding of the industry

Workshops with professional actors, directors and producers to create original work

Networking events throughout the year

Lectures on acting theory

Perform in front of agents and casting directors

Lessons on scriptwriting

A minimum of 2 hours a month with one-to-one tuition on your personal development

Formative and summative assessments to Trinity grading standards

All of this is designed to provide you with the tools you need to get started in the industry. We want you to succeed. Lots of our students have been signed by agents and cast for roles – and we hope you can help us make that record to continue.

Throughout the course

During the full 12 months, you will regularly have the opportunity to dedicate days to shooting in front of camera when you’re ready, building scenes culminating in your own short film.

And it’s great that you get to make your own short film. But there is serious work to be done, too. That’s why our course outline below explains how the course will be structured, to maximise your learning.

First six months

The first six months will focus on you going to the next level with your acting technique and style.

We will teach you our ‘toolbox’ approach to acting that encourages you to develop your own technique to acting. We will take a three-pronged approach to your development, to make sure you push your limits.

We deliver on acting theory too. We will work extensively on understanding and considering different theories to add even greater depth to your acting. From Stanislavski’s Active Analysis to Meisner’s Truth and Chekov’s Psychological Gesture, we go through it all.

Second six months

The second six months is where you get to make your mark and stand out as being not only an intelligent actor, but someone who knows the industry well enough to understand all its moving parts.

This is the business end of things: how to market yourself, get a proactive agent, pull together a showreel, organise logistics of a shoot and get in the editing room.

You will attend seminars, lectures and workshops with leading professionals from across the industry to get a breadth of understanding. These six months are vital to your development as a player in the industry.

But the acting doesn’t stop: you will continue to learn different styles of dialogue, work on the intimacy of your close ups, and build character arcs.

Assessment

It’s not all coasting, of course. We will set monthly homework and have regular formative assessments on your development throughout the term, and a summative assessment towards the end of your course. We will use the Trinity marking standard to grade your work.

But it’s a two-way street: you will keep an acting journal to self-reflect on your progress. You are your harshest critic after all.

Screen Acting Year Course - DEPOSIT

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£299

Screen Acting Year Course - Full Payment

£9,495

“I was at a real cross-road with my career and needed support on how to progress. The Reel Scene One-to-one session enabled me to go through my material and gain the insight and direction I needed from an industry specialist. They even helped me to plan my showreel and gave advice on how to gain agent representation!”

Julie Sanderson, Reel Scene Graduate

“I’ve done over 10 screen acting workshops including Channel 4 and BBC. I can honestly say The Reel Scene has been the best one yet. The Reel Scene gives you practical lessons and training which is then applied to scripts on a real-life set environment. Because of Alex’s connections you get to showcase what you have learned to established agents and casting directors. You come out the course with a professional show-reel and head-shots too; the two essential tools you need to launch a career. To me, that is what I call effective and why I recommend the Reel Scene to everyone!”

Suraj Rattu, Reel Scene Graduate

“I had an amazing experience with The Reel Scene at their March course – it was crammed full of incredible opportunities and definitely worth the investment. I feel really lucky to not only have made some lifelong friends but I’ve gained a whole family of supportive actors and creatives who I can always call if I need help. Massive thanks to Alex and the team, can’t wait to see you all again soon!”

Steph Moore , Reel Scene Graduate

“No matter what educational background, I reckon anyone interested in getting into the industry should do a Reel Scene week. Alex really knows how to get the ball rolling with your career; he realises how important it is to work with, learn from and get seen by the right people to move forward. The Reel Scene Event has found the niche between full time education and going straight into work.”

Iqbal Kabir, Reel Scene Graduate

“Thank you The Reel Scene for the most amazing week! I learnt so much, surrounded by talented and professional people. I will definitely join again on future events!”

Adriana Cartade , Reel Scene Graduate

“Fantastic company!! Alex is very professional and very genuine, and cares about the success of actors! Extensive knowledge and great contacts within the industry. Alex knows the ins and outs of how to approach to acting industry. Cant recommend The Reel Scene enough!”

Ruth Warrilow, Reel Scene Graduate

“A really fun and amazing experience! It was relieving to meet like-minded people who wanted to achieve similar goals. I was lost as to which direction I should take before coming to the REEL scene. I didn’t just want to learn about the skills of acting but I wanted to know how to get into the acting industry. After the 6 day course I definitely know which direction I should take. Thank you all!”